Hog Islanders were so named because
they were built at the Hog Island emergency shipyard in Philadelphia during
World War I. Hog Island had 50 shipways and was the first shipyard ever built
for mass production of ships. It launched its first ship, the SS Quistonck on
August 5, 1918, and the last of 122 ships on January 29, 1921. Twelve of the
ships were built as troop transports. None of the ships were ready in time to
take part in that war, but 58 Hog Islanders were casualties in WW II.